Before moving to Canada Nick Russell was a cub reporter on a British weekly. Subsequently, he worked in radio, TV, magazines, and for the Canadian Press. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) English from McGill; Master of Arts (Medieval English) from the University of London; and a Ph.D. (Journalism Ethics) from the University of Cardiff.
In 1968 he took over the journalism program at Vancouver Community College, which he built into a thriving career program. In 1983, he moved to Regina where he taught journalism for 15 years at the School of Journalism at the University of Regina. He is well known for conducting ethics and editing workshops for working journalists and is the winner of numerous heritage awards.
Russell is interested in heritage development and the restoration of historic homes throughout the Canadian West. He is president of the Hallmark Society, speaking for heritage in Victoria's Capital Regional District where he currently lives.
Nick Russell has written Morals and the Media, Canada's first study of journalism ethics (1994; revised edition 2006); in 1999 he co-authored Page 1, an anthology of fine Canadian newspaper writing. He has also co-edited a unique collection of archeological essays with photographs, Victoria Underfoot: Excavating a City’s Secrets, and is co-editor of a four-volume study of Victoria heritage homes, This Old House.
Myrtle Vivian (Gryde) Rooney, known as ‘Myrt’ to her friends, was a student at Regina College during the 1931-1932 and 1932-1933 school years. ‘Myrt’ was active in various school programs; she wore the College “R” for athletics and was on the school’s Athletic Committee. In 1931-1932 Myrtle won First Prize in Religious Education and the Girls Senior First Prize in Athletics, she was runner up for the college tennis tournament in 1932, and won the tournament in June 1933, Myrtle also won an archery badge and the First Prize in General Proficiency in 1933. She was on the Senior Girl’s Basketball Team in 1932 and in 1933. She sang in the school Glee Club and in 1932, with students from Regina College, Luther College, Campion College and the Normal School, Myrtle took part in the Operetta “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” singing with an alto voice. Material in this collection includes one binder of memorabilia and photographs, 65 candid photographs offer a glimpse into the life of a female student in residence at Regina College in the 1930’s and one publication, Glimpses of the Last 50 Years (University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus). Also included is one letter (from 1933) between Myrtle Gryde and Florence Kirk. Florence Kirk was an instructor at Regina College from 1930-1932, Kirk would go on to teach English at Ginling College in China. The date range of this collection is 1931 to 1965, predominantly 1931 to 1933.
Born in Kerrobert, Saskatchewan November 19, 1935, Otto Donald Rogers attended the Saskatchewan Teachers College during 1952-53 and was a student of Wynona Mulcaster. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Art Education in 1958 from the University of Wisconsin and in 1959 completed work for a Master's degree, majoring in painting and sculpture. Returning to Saskatchewan in 1959, he taught at the University of Saskatchewan and in 1975 became a full professor serving as head of the Art department from 1973 to 1978 and helped develop the “Open Studio” method of instruction.
Otto Rogers has had one-man shows at the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris, the Galleria Del Millione in Milan, Espace 5 in Montreal and the Mira Godard Gallery in Toronto and well as many others. His work is represented in several notable public and corporate collections: the National Museum of Art in Iceland; Toronto-Dominion Bank; the Shell Oil Collection and the Imperial Oil Limited Collection.
He is an appointed member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Artists, and has received various Canada Council Awards.
Otto Rogers is a member of the Baha’i faith and has served on the Local Spiritual Assembly of Saskatoon as well as regional and national committees. He was a delegate to several national and intercontinental conferences and in 1988, following several years of service he departed for Haifa, Israel to assume an appointment on the faith's International Teaching Committee.
Rogers passed away in April 2019.
Beverly (Bev) Ellis Robertson was born on February 5, 1939 to parents John and Margaret Robertson in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. He married and raised two children with his wife Elaine. Bev attended the University of New Brunswick to study physics and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in 1961. His 1965 Masters degree in Science, and his Doctoral degree, obtained in 1967, were from McMaster University and a Post-doctoral Associate in Chemistry was attained from Cornell University in 1969.
Robertson's research interests included crystal structures analysis and the relation to the physical properties of inorganic compounds and materials, polymorphism, polytypism and phase transformations.
He joined the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus faculty in 1969 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, was a member of the Canadian Association of Physicists for several years and was involved with revisions to the Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act.
On sabbatical in Germany at the Universitãt der Stuttgart in 1976/77, Bev began to appreciate a distinctive pale lager known as Dortmunder and the locally produced premium label, Pilseners, which was been produced in Pilsen, Czech Republic since 1842. It was on the family's return to Canada, around 1979, that Bev began to search out a source for a better tasting beer and as an alternative to what was being offered, Robertson started making his own full mash beer and with a group of friends, the "Bushwhacker Brewers", bottling up to 3,000 12 oz. bottles over the winter months.
From 1988 to 1992 Robertson was chairman of the Saskatchewan Health Research Board. In 1988 Robertson suggested to the Conservative government of the day that the province of Saskatchewan allow brewpubs. After government legislation and regulations were finalized, and more than one attempt at obtaining a license was made, Bev and his group were successful at obtaining one of them and on January 25, 1991 Bushwakkers Brewpub in Regina's Old Warehouse District opened with Elaine Robertson as general manager. Bev's son Scott and daughter Kelly were on the team as well.
Dr. Robertson is also noted as being an Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret) of 38 Brigade Communications Regiment, Regina squadron. He was a member of the Canadian Association of Physicists and the Chemical Institute of Canada.
In 2014 Dr. Robertson became the founder of the Centre for Science and Public Policy within the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (JSGSPP) with a gift of $500,000 establishing two graduate fellowship scholarships.
Robertson became professor emeritus in 2003 and throughout his career published over 80 scientific and technical papers related to physics, chemistry, education, beer, hospitals, economics, the University and its role in the community, he also continued to publish papers until 2014. Bev Robertson passed away in November 2017.